In this paper we present some preliminary evidence in support of an emergent base-line structural intellectual capital model. This is based on interviews with the chief executive officers of Irish software companies. The overall Irish software and telecommunications sector has established itself...

Intellectual capital creation is theorised in this conceptual paper as a dynamic process of situated collective knowing that is capable of being leveraged into market value. The tacit, intangible and socially unconscious nature of substantive parts of this dynamic process presents some daunting...

John Seely Brown notes that context must be added to data and information to produce meaning. To move forward, Brown suggests, we must not merely look ahead but we must also learn to look around because learning occurs when members of a community of practice (CoP) socially construct and share...

Intellectual capital (IC), which has yet to be adequately conceptualised, is viewed here as a complex dynamic process of situated collective knowing that is capable of being leveraged into economic and social value. Knowledge creation and sharing mechanisms are generally perceived to be central...

Purpose - This brief introductory editorial introduces the background and rationale to the special issue quot;IC: Becoming Criticalquot;. This is based on a selection of papers presented to the 1st Intellectual Capital (IC) Stream at the 4th International Critical Management Studies Conference...